IAS Exam Important Books for Preliminary Examination

IAS Exam Important Books for Preliminary and Main Examination

Books List:
Recommended Books for UPSC Civil Service Prelims

Paper I - General Studies
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All NCERT Set of 40 Books

1. History (Indian History and Indian National Movement)
Novice:

• Class IX and X NCERT Books of Social Science

1. Class IX: Contemporary India
2. Class IX: India and Contemporary World I
3. Class X: Contemporary India
4. Class X: India and Contemporary World II

• Modern India by Bipin Chandra

• Spectrum modern India

Advanced:

• Class XI and XII NCERT Books of Social Science

1. Class XI: Themes in World History
2. Class XII: Themes in India History I
3. Class XII: Themes in India History II
4. Class XII: Themes in India History III

• History of Modern India by A.C Banerjee

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2. Geography (Indian and World Geography)
Novice:

• Class XI NCERT Books of Geography

1. Class XI: Fundamentals of Physical Geography
2. Class XI: India Physical Environment

Advanced:

• Class XII NCERT Books of Geography

1. Class XII: Fundamentals of Human Geography
2. School Atlas: Oxford Publication or Orient Longman Publication

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• A Comprehensive Geography of India by D.R. Khullar

• Human Geography by Majid Hussain

• India: Publication Division, Government of India
• Certificate Course in Geography by Goh Cheng Leong

3. Economics (Indian Economics and Economic Theory)

Novice:

• Class XI and XII NCERT Books of Economics

1. Class XI: Indian Economic Development
2. Class XII: Introductory Microeconomics
3. Class XII: Macroeconomics

Advanced:

• Indian Economy: Ruddar Dutt and K.P.M. Sundaram

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• Indian Economy: S.K. Mishra and V.K. Puri

• Economic Survey of India: Publication Division, Government of India
• Annual Budget: Publication Division, Government of India
• India: Publication Division, Government of India
• Indian Economy: Pratiyogita Darpan

4. Polity (Indian Constitution)

Novice:

• Class XI and XII NCERT Books of Political Science

1. Class XI: Political Theory
2. Class XII: Indian Constitution at Work

Advanced:

• Introduction to Indian Constitution by D.D. Basu

• Our Constitution by Subhash C Kashyap
• Our Parliament by Subhash C Kashyap

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• Perspectives on Indian Constitution Edited by Subash C Kashyap
• Indian Constitution (Bare Act): P.M. Bakshi
• Indian Polity: Pratiyogita Darpan

• Indian Polity: Laxmi Kant

5. General Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology)

Novice:

• Class IX and X NCERT Books of Science

1. Class IX: Science
2. Class X: Science

Advanced:

• Class XI and XII NCERT Books of Biology

1. Class XI: Biology
2. Class XII: Biology

• Science: Tata McGraw Hills

6. Environment (Ecology, Bio-diversity, Climate Change)

1. Biology and Geography NCERT Books plus current events on Environmental Issues
2. Sankar IAS Environment Book

7. Current Affairs

Newspapers

1. The Hindu
2. The Economic Times
3. The Times of India

Periodicals

1. Frontline

2. Business Today
3. Business Outlook
4. Yojana: Publication Division, Government of India

Web resources

1. www.IASaspirants.com
2. www.pib.nic.in
3. www.mrunal.org
4. www.gktoday.in

Paper II – Aptitude

1. Numeracy

• NCERT Mathematics VII, IX, X
• Quantitative Aptitude: R.S.Agarwal

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2. Data Interpretation

• Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency by Tyra and Kundan

3. English Comprehension and Communication

• Objective General English by R.S. Agarwal

4. Logical Reasoning

• A Modern Approach to Verbal Reasoning by R.S. Agarwal

• A new Approach to Reasoning by Sijwali and Sijwali

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